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Foreign Country Collections - Alexandretta to Chile

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2779		/ Alexandretta, and Hatay Collection, mint and 3 Alexandretta used on philatelic covers, Alexandretta complete mint with #10 "Vaurigard" reversed, Hatay complete mint, #1a in mint block of 6, registered cover Alexandretta 1939 to "Beyrouth". Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 2780		o/ Algeria, "EA" Collection and Accumulation, 235+ covers, plus adhesives written up in album, numerous town cancels incl. large group of hs., overprints on issues other than those authorized, great group for study and basis of an interesting exhibit, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2781		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 2782		/o Argentina, Extensive Collection, mint and used collection in well filled Scott specialty album, good classics and huge cat. in Rivadavia issues, imperf and perf with dupl., varieties, inverted overprints, etc., also noted are better used sets and souvenir sheets, clean, mainly fine to very fine, inspect. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 2783		/o Argentina, Collection, mint and used oldtime homemade collection in mounts in 3 ring binder with many good classics incl. back of book items, plus sets and values to 20p, huge cat., many sleepers will likely emerge from this one, as nothing has been checked for watermarks, overprints and possible varieties which the knowledgeable philatelist will find, mostly fine to very fine and good opportunity. Michel approximately €8,000+. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $661
Lot 2784		o Argentina, Scattered Used Collection, in Scott specialty, mostly classics to 1920s period with scattered mint, Century mixed condition. Scott $1,200+ (Owner's). Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2785		/o Armenia, Collection, beautiful mint and used assemblage from a genuine oldtime collection, very well filled with scarce material, high level of completion, rarely offered, much unlisted and not counted, generally Fine to Very Fine. Michel €13,000+. Scott $9,423. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,243
Lot 2786		Austria, Offices and Occupations, fascinating mint collection with Austrian stamps with overprints for use elsewhere incl. Czech., Crete, Turkey, Montenegro, Poland, Italy, West Ukraine, very nice group for the student or specialist (from a large specialized collection of Austria), generally Fine to Very Fine. Michel €17,300. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 2787		/o Austria, 1850 to 1938 Collection, mint (mostly hinged with some n.h.) and used collection, in Austria specialty (Borek) album, mostly filled with many varieties incl. WIPA with granite and normal paper, some mixed condition (mostly on classics), still mostly fine to very fine and better. incl. regular issues, Airmail, Dues, Offices, Feldpost, and Bosnia & Herzegovina, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2788		/o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, In Minkus album, 19th Century to 1918 mostly used, mostly complete 20th Century with later mint and n.h., incl. semis (missing WIPA, Renner sheets, Rotary set), back of the book mostly complete incl. Military, also Offices in Levant complete incl. Danube Steam, Occupation incl. Italian #N20-33 n.h., Serbia #1N22-42 mint, Bosnia & Herzegovina used complete to 1906, complete mint or used (#65-85 used) after that, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2789		/o Austria, Collection 1858 to 2003, in three KaBe hingeless albums, mostly used and some mixed condition in classic era and mostly mint in modern era in fine condition, much better material from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details	Unsold
Lot 2790		() Austria, 19th Century Collection of Mostly Mint, Some are no gum or regummed counted as no gum, good variety, high cat., inspect, generally Fine. Michel €13,888. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2791		/o Austria, Back of Book Accumulation, excellent mint and used collection, with Dues, virtually complete mint and Special Handling with complete rare combination perfs (Michel #219C, 220C-D) and good locals, many not counted, and some uncounted cinderellas, fascinating lot, worth a good look, generally Fine. Michel approximately €6,200+. Estimate $1,100-1,400. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2792		Austria, Lombardi-Venetia Collection, Choice better collection with much mint, which is o.g., a few redistributed o.g. but all have pretty sharp embossing, which characterizes o.g. on these issues, Fine to Very Fine. Michel €35,387 (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-2,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2793		/ Austria, Mint Semi-Postal and Back of the Book Collection, In Scott album, incl. 1999-2005 n.h. (earlier album sold), Semis complete except #B36, 39, 110, 111 (separate lot), 185-88 (separate lot) to 1990, Airs complete, Dues mostly complete, Military complete to #M58, few Occupation, Offices, very clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2794		/o Austria, Mint and Used Collection, with back of book and Bosnia & Herzegovina collection in 2 Scott specialty albums, with each marked with the Scott number and net dealer price, Fine to Very Fine overall. Michel approximately €10,500. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2795		/o Austria, Mint and Used Accumulation, in album, stockbooks and loose album pages, with much value in $10 to $150 items incl. much Bosnia & Herzegovina mint and used with mint stock and collection found, Michel cat. €7,000 to €8,000, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2796		o Austria, Offices in Holyland, nice used lot of Offices in Turkey with cancels from cities in Palestine, a very interesting lot of cancels, incl. scarce and rare items, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2797		/o Austria, Attractive Collection, fresh, clean, attractive collection in 3 Lighthouse albums, loaded with mint sets and much n.h., later period to 2001 with much face, also some better early used, a nice collection in some lovely valuable albums, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2798		/o Austria, General Collection, 19th & 20th Century, mint and used collection in a Scott specialty album, early issues through 1899 mostly used, 20th Century mostly mint incl. decent Semi-postals, Airpost, and back-of-book with Occupation, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2799		/o Austria, Dealer Stock, mint and used dealer stock of five books and some random pages, some mixed condition, with many fine to very fine, total owners retail value $12,665. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2800		/o Austria, Mint and Used Accumulation, few thousand on stockpages, in stockbook and in Scott specialty album pages, nice variety of issues with good showing of post WWII, dupl., few surprises in here, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2801		Austria, Postal History, 48 covers or cards to 1950s, incl. group of Offices in Turkey, #C3 on cover (2), several postage due pieces, later Airs, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2802		Austria, 1914 to 1964 Postal History, approx. 150 covers or cards, incl. about 85 WWI Feldpost cards with a good mix of numbers, balance mostly in $10 to $30 retail range incl. a few AMG frankings, some post WWII displaced person camp mail and censors, virtually all non-philatelic and no dupl., clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2803		Austria, Postal History, 125+ covers or cards, incl. WWI military mail, Bosnia & Herzegovina, modern balloon mail, 1933 International Stamp Exposition in Vienna, 1980s commemorative cancels, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2804		Azerbaijan, Postal History, 2 covers from Baku, both 1923 usages to England, franked with #57, 58 or 61, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $834
Lot 2805		/o Belgium, Intact Collection, In full Schaubek album mint or used to 1982, and 3-ring binder with oversized incl. souvenir sheets, some FD's, booklets, 19th Century mostly complete used, 20th Century to 1932 mostly complete mint or used incl. better sets mint, 1935 on virtually complete, also Parcel Post, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Scott approximately $10,000 (Owner's). Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2806		/ Belgium, Mint Collection, to 2005 in 3 Scott albums, all 20th Century with later n.h., no scarce sets but complete from 1959 to 2001, reasonably full earlier (all in complete sets), Semis mostly complete from beginning with better sets (i.e. #B106, B114-22), 1942 on complete, Airs complete except #C12A, back of the book mostly complete with better Parcel Post incl. Q61-80, Q132-38, Q184-207 and later complete, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 2807		/ Belgium, Gutter Pairs, Blocks and Advertising, n.h. to o.g. group of over 100 identified by Scott or Belgique cat., advertising mostly in pairs with few used, gutters mostly dupl. from 1912, 1912-13 and Semi-Postal 1945 issues, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2808		Belgium, Never Hinged Collection, n.h., vol. 1 Lighthouse album 1944 to 1967, vol. 2 Lindner album 1968 to 1978, regular issues, Semi-postals, Airs, nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2809		Biafra, Postal History, 4 apparent commercial covers, plus U.S. "Returned to sender service suspended", and philatelic with hs. "Carried by DC-7 Red Cross plane", plus £1 Bank of Biafra note, faults on one piece, seldom offered, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 2810		Bosnia & Herzegovina, Wonderful Specialized Collection, incl. better varieties, shades, paper, perfs (many imperfs), overprints, inverted ovpts., transposed varieties and more, also incl. Yugoslavia and early issues for Bosnia, many uncounted, premium value, worth close inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Michel €4,700 ++. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2811		/ Brazil, Virtually Complete to 2004, o.g. to n.h. (few 1843 to 1850 used) in 3 Scott specialty albums, #1-3 used, 11-12 unused, 13 used, missing 42-52, balance mint (couple scattered used incl. 246), extra items incl. 85a on piece, 96a, 109b, plus souvenir sheets, modern n.h., Airs complete, plus Condor issues and semi-official Zeppelin issues, Varig issues, ETA issues, Officials complete, Dues, Newspapers, etc., few minor faults on classics, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details and photo	Realized $7,475
Lot 2812		/o Brazil, Massive Accumulation, tens of thousands of mint and used, organized in glassines in file boxes and in stockbook, plus FD's and some commercial covers, noted #1 and 3 used, many modern sets in multiples, instant stock for dealer, from estate with extensive Brazil collection in sale, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 2813		/o Brazil, Mostly Mint Collection, couple thousand mounted in well filled Minkus specialty album, 1866 to 2005, 19th Century used, 1906 onwards mint, only missing a few early items for completion, Airs, Dues, Officials, Newspaper, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2814		/o Brazil, Mint and Used Collection, good showing from the classics to the early 1990s with much mint, mainly l.h, the collection is on oldtime pages that have toning on some pages that affect some of the stamps, but mainly those of lesser value and being an oldtime collection also means that it is loaded with a lot of shades and varieties that go beyond the Scott cat. and are sought after by specialists, solid collection for the dealer or collector, generally Fine. Scott $5,700+ (Owner's). Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2815		o Brazil, Dom Pedro II Accumulation, 100+ organized on stockpages, #53-60, 61-67 and 68-77, plus 78, 3-6 of each, plus 40 identified cancels (corks, round dated, etc.), excellent start for cancel collection, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $334
Lot 2816		/o Bulgaria, Balance of Collection, in small European stockbooks, incl. early Arms sets dupl. used, with some mint, incl. Michel #10 mint and numerous used, Michel #21, few signed, 20th Century incl. 6 plus sets 1931 Balkan Games, 2 plus of 1933, 5 sets Michel #249-51, 5 sets #274-79 plus 2 used, 4 sets #280-85, 1 used, numerous of Michel 1087B (cat. €100 each), 1909 surcharges with shifts, Michel #37 Specimen, 74 with double overprints, 184 inverted overprint (unlisted), 20th Century mostly used with dupl., nothing beyond, few back of the book, small group of Thrace under Allied Occupation incl. surcharge vars., high Michel cat., most above average condition and freshness, needs careful inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Singles in sale from this collection. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2817		/ Cape Verde, Specialized Collection, on homemade pages with terrific array of better issues and many varieties with several inverted overprints, imperfs, specimens, etc. plus covers, blocks and more, great lot for the true philatelist to explore and be delighted repeatedly, high Michel cat., not even accounting for the unlisted varieties, don't fail to view this one, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details and photo	Realized $1,725
Lot 2818		Cape Verde, Collection, lovely group, mostly mint in $20 to $100 range, a few faults should be expected in the classics, mostly overall clean and in fine to very fine condition. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2819		Chile, Mint Collection to 1990, hundreds mounted in well filled Minkus specialty album, starts in 1867 and regular issues complete for period, Airs incl. #C1-C5 used (BPA cert. for set), Dues, Officials, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $863

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